Shimmer

[lumy12]

Title: Shimmer
Fandom: Star Wars
Characters: Anakin/Padmé
Prompt: fanfic50 #19 - Kick
Word Count: 289
Rating: G
Author's Notes: I was originally going to go another way with this, and I may still in the future. This is basically a short'n'sweet ZOMG-I-haven't-posted-on-my-claim-in-six-months ficlet. ^_^


She was just as beautiful as always, despite her protruding abdomen. No -- in part, because of it. It was their love that had made her belly swell. She absently combed her hair, her silvery silhouette shimmering. She radiated hope and happiness as she dreamt aloud of raising the child on Naboo, conveniently overlooking the harsh realities of their predicament. To the public, they weren't a young married couple happily anticipating the birth of their first child; they were an unwed Senator and a Jedi playboy. Scandalous!

Anakin hated keeping their marriage a secret, but he knew that Padmé would never have agreed to marry him otherwise. Sometimes it seemed as though his Jedi career was more important to her than it was to him. Hell, it's not as though he couldn't do anything else. He could surely find work repairing or repairing droids and speeders. But if he really was the Chosen One, shouldn't he be valuable enough for the Order to make certain allowances for him?

"Ani! Come here! She's kicking!" Padmé excitedly reached for his hand and guided it to the correct spot. Nothing happened for a moment.

And then he felt it -- not a sharp jab like he'd been expecting...more like a slow, rolling push.

"There -- did you feel that?"

Anakin could only smile and nod, for his heart was apparently caught in his throat. That was his son or daughter in there! This was real. He was going to be a father. He began to realize what that meant, and the knowledge humbled him. None of those other things mattered. This was all that mattered.

He tried to speak. "Padmé... I...this feels so..."

She just smiled at his verbal clumsiness. "I know."

Comments

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

What a sweet viggie. I haven't read anything like it in a while.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you like it!

[au-dorme.livejournal.com]

That was very sweet! Thank you for sharing it.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reading it! :)

[gizzi1213.livejournal.com]

Awww......

[luminations.livejournal.com]

:)

And I will catch up reading your NaNo hopefully before you post too much more of it!

[indiefic.livejournal.com]

*sniffle*

That's so sweet.

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading! It's nice to get lost in sweet moments and pretend the sad ones don't follow. Heh.

Welcome to the 60 Damn Prompts Writing Prompts Community (60damnprompts)!

[thegabbster.livejournal.com]

Hello,

Welcome to the 60damnprompts community!

I'm Gabby, the maintainer!

I wanted to welcome you and say if you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask!

Can't wait to see what you claim!

- Gabby

Re: Welcome to the 60 Damn Prompts Writing Prompts Community (60damnprompts)!

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Ah, the pressure! :) I'll get my creative juices flowing again after I finish this fic that's due Sunday. I'm not even halfway done with it yet, meep!

[emavalexis.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't mind a stranger commenting, but I happened upon this fic and just wanted to compliment you on its loveliness. Nicely evocative of the 'good times', before everything went to Hell in a handbasket for them. :)

[luminations.livejournal.com]

I don't mind at all! I love it when people find my stuff, and I love it even more when they take the time to comment! Thank you ^_^

Yes, I'd like to see Episode 2.5: The Honeymoon Phase.

[lookonherface.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see Episode 2.5: The Honeymoon Phase too!
And I just wanted to let you know, I really enjoyed reading this. =)

[luminations.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm a little wary of writing Ani/Padme fluff, generally, but this one got a good response. I suppose I should do more. Thank you for reading and commenting!